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GRANDE LA GRANDE, UNION COUNTY, OREGON TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 1, 1904 NUMBER 58 EVENING OBSERVER. voLur t m V FOR DAYS Captain and Crew of ; 34 and 6 Passengers Compelled to Leave Their ShiD New fork. Oct, 31-Car.tnin Mo Lenan, bla craw of thirty fmr ind six, paueugerr. vino sailed In m here on Oorober 6 for Montevideo on ibe Rrit leb steamship Kelvin, abandoned their vessel and took to the ship's boats. They drifted for seven'een days in stormy seas, enduring hardR' ips aggra vated by abort supplies of food and water. - They arrived t day at San Join, wheie the story was told . The Kelvin strnck heavy weather from the day of leaving New fork Seas potmded her and she took a bad liat. In the judgment of Captain Mc Lennan she was a boot to founder, and it was decided to abandon the ship. Fart of the stores were under water, rendering it nnsate to go below and break ont a sufficient quantity cf pro visions. Sea bisonits were the only rations tbey eonld take. unknown It ae discharged as It passed the Dlaol, hiyoda Warning has been iatoed all merchantmen to keep a sharp lookout while traversing wateri in that vicinity, as many mines are re ported to have broken tbeir mooiinga. Senator Fairbanks Senator Fairbanks returned to his home state the other day from one of I the longest campaigning trips ever made by a vice presidential candidate Be was greeted by large and enthua- lastia B'.diences everywhere. Bis re ception at his home town, Indianapolis, was the largest, most cordial and en thnslastlo that baa ever met to do hon or to a oitisen of Indiana, and this is sayng a great deal,- when It la rs ; numbered that the Hootiers delight to bow their appreciation ol their fsvjr ite sons, of whom tbey have had many, among whom may be named Colfax, Btnjamlo Harrison, Henry 8 Lane Gen Wallace and a host of others. COUNTY SEAT FIGHT Prairie City County Seat Association Pre pares to Renew the Struggle Arbitration Treaty St Petersburg, Nov. 1 Knssia and . Belgium have signed a treaty which mkkea it obligatory to submit all mnt ttlTiO jto between them to arbi tration . Ten Sailors Victims Nagasaki, Nov. 1. A mine exploded rJLoJi harbor yesterday while being ' cd&el ashore, badly damaging- the - steamer Dainlohlyoda Mara, and killed or injured 10 of her crew The mine was found floating yester day off Chef oo and the gunboat Yama to sent men to aeeure.tty- In some way Return To Fight Suropter.Or. Nov. 1 Japanese are giving op tbeir jobs on tbe section work ol the Sampler Valley railway and returning home. One ol the Japs stated that many ol them belong to rue army reserve and were still liable for service. Ibe government is recall ing all these men, and many others are going biok in bopes tbey can en lilt, even if tbey have had tio former experience. Obinese in some cases are taking tbe places left vacant. No Power To Act The Hague, Nov. 1 Offioials of the court ol arbitration endorse the view expressed by Premier Balfour at Southamyton last night that under the tarma of tbe Hague convention the commission to be appointed lor tbe purpose of investigating tbe North 8ja incident will be a oommiraion of inquiry without power to act as arbi irator. Taft Answers Parker New York, Nov . 1 Seoretary Taft poke on the Philippine question to large audienoe at Mount Vernon. " Judge Parker's recent statements about tbe islands," he said "some times make me feel as if I htJ never been there." . Tbe Prairie City County Seat Asso ciation met last Saturday afternoon, Tbe work done was tbe outlin'dt of tbe campaign tl.at is to be oarried on- Although this is a matter that can not oome to a vote until June 1906, it was thought best to oommenoe early aob be there strong when the time ar rives. To tbisend petitions will now be circulated. Asthe pstition must oomain a lilt numbering sixty per cent of tbe legal voters who voted at tbe last election it is quite an under taking. It was thought that if tbe pi titioos could be circulated on eleo- tion day in November it wonld great ly facilitate tbe work later on. A se oond petition will also bs in circula tion, which will take signatures for subscriptions which will be taken tor the purpose of raising a tundsuffioient to construct a county oourt bouse The plan when the funds was raised before was to build a oourt house aim ilar to ibe Wbeeler county oonrl bouse and this necessitated a lund amount ing to f 10.000. It is understood that tbe same plans are now in view: The county seat removal question was thoroughly tested in the La Orande case and it offers a precedent that can be followed with sa'ety. It is tbe intention ol those in obarge to frame the petitions In accordance with those that were used in Union connty and thus minimise all obanoe ol run- I ning aground on legal ahoils Prai rie City Mine-. r T. . 1 I- : a h-.11 UBVUr UUKBUU IB UUIDlUB WW' sprained ankle this week. Lost Championship San Fraooisoo, Nov. ' 1-Jiramy Biitt lost the ligbtweigbt champion, ship ol the world last oigbt when be fouled Joe Gaos. Britt sent Oans to bis knees in tbe filth round and then i losing bis bead bejgave him a vloious puoob and Referee Oraney promptly awarded the fight to Oans on a foul Tbe same thing bad happened in toe lourlh round. ' Oans dropped to bis knees to escape and Ibe blow did not nd. Britt struck al him but Graney did not allow tbe foul. In tbe next round, however, Graney promptly re cognized the loul fighting. It looked almost from the start as if it was Britt'a fight, tie aotoally out boxed Gana and landed blow after blow In the fourth ronnd ii was apparent that Gans was soared, and barring tbe foul 1 917 people are employed the fight was Britt to ' a certainty. 0 respondents and 1 1 cations having on Sept 30, 1894, m puniirauons in ait 01 wmon tin are weekly publications, 3 are pub listed monthly 23 daily, 7 are semi -weekly, 1 semi-monthly and 1 quart erly One hundred; and ninety one of theae are general newspapers, 40 are relluloua In character, 7 are fraternal a agrhultuial, 4 college, 3 oommeri cal and shipping, 2 mining, S devoted to hop culture, 1 to prohibition, 1 drugs, 1 exposilion, 1 Oregon history, 1 is published in the Japai.es lang uage 1 in Hebrew, 1 is medioal journal, 1 timber, 1 teaohera I poul try, 1 German paper, 1 devoted to tbe ouloreoVraao, 1 trades anion 1 is Nor wegian, 1 Scandinavian, 1 schools, 1 PaolBo lore. 1 retail trade, 1 law! 1 equal suffrage and 1 fruit . In tbe Issuance ol each publication ex waive ot solicitors, A SON KILLS FATHER Father Attempts to His Wife and Son while ' Drunk and was Shot By the Boy Taooma, Nov. I. John B 1 contractor, was shot and Carlson, probably EmU 1 Whila nn Mania nan ha made for Britt 1 measursment of one copy of eaob pub- losine his head, it vertainlv aeemed ilioation in July last showed that 28, fatally wc coded by bis son, th.a.n.i.liih. Innl Tho H...: 073,000 ems of brevier type as neo- CarLo .night chief 01 orator of the ;.i ...... .hnnk e th. hiDoaat ' 8ary to the make-op ol a copy ot Western Union Telegraph 00m pan y at " " " I ..k Mk . m crowd that ever flll.d the pavilion but the fair minded men agreed that Gra- ney's judgment was juat. Britt show ed marveiona strength and quickness. He went at Gans like a bull terrier landing boiy blows alternating with swings on Jaw. During tbe OrBt three rounds Gans appeared cool and confident and fairly stroog. He ap peared to be leeling Brill out but at the end ol the third round and early in tbe fourth when Britt eommenoed to fight more viciously than ever Gans weakened perceptibly. He landed a few times but tbe white boy paid no attention to the colored man's light taps. There is no doubt in the minds of the majority of tbost present tbat in anotheroonteet al the tame weight Britt ahonld defeat Gans . each wbioh, at 30 cents per 1000 ems, tha family bo e this afternoon. The ooet 18421.90, this being the .lowest son Immediately 'went to tbe sheriff price paid for composition at . iuterior and surrendered himself. offices, This s only tbe labor of pat ting into type the matter appearing in eaob issue of the 242 periodicals of the state. Eighty per oent of tbe newspapers of the state have job offices in connection with their plants, and In addition to issuing the paper do mstom work. This information was supplied La. bor Commissioner Hoff by the secre tary of the Oregon Press Association, Albert Tozier. Pandleton Oiegonian. SGHOOL BY - BREAKS BACK Princeton, Ida., Nov. 1 Horoert Hawkins, aged 7. while playing hone at school Friday Mell and broke bia back in two places. He died soon after at a hospital. Tbe boy's mother is in suoh oritical oondition tbat she cannot be inform ed of her son's accident and death. TWENTIETH iPCENTURY When Your Boy Needs Clothes You think too much of your boy and his appear ahce to say "anything will do;" you think too much of your pocket book to waste money on cheap cloth ing. In the TWENTIETH CENTURY Clothing, which offer for your close inspection there is noth ing slighted but the price. We do not off r you something for nothing, but we till convince you that you can get more value for your money than in any other1 make of boys clothing. $1.50 Boys two pieoe suits, ages from 8 to 14 at 1 60. Tbey are values, you will say so if you will come in and see them. Boys Norfolk suits, belt effect 3 to 12 years at 2 25 3 00, 8 60, 4 00,6 00 and $8 00. You can't afford to bay elsewhere till yoa sac our line of boys, youths and men's clothing. We also have M. Born & Co's line of made to measure samples We have 1 ad fifteen years exper ience in taking measures and handling tailor made agency business and guarantee a fit Let us show you our samples We do not charge expresa on suits made to measure The La Grande Cash Store. Readers of the "Success" magazine will notice the illustrated poem on tbe first page of tbe November number by 8 W Gillilan. Mr tiilltlan is a bro ther of tbe pastor of the Methodist Episcopal oburob of this oity, and member of the editorial staff . of the Bal.imore American. PARKER ON THE STUMP Esopui, N Y Nov. 1 Parker left for New York at noon today. Tonight at Madisan Square Garden be will deliver tbe firat of tbe epeeobea with which he will close the campaign. Mrs. Parker and their daughter, Mrs. Hall will be present al tbe meeting lott'ghl. He is billed Cor a speech at Jersey Oity Tuesday night and at Cooper Uuion hall Wednesday night. Eighteen Coffins Trinidad, Colo, Nor. l.-Eightoen oof&na were shipped to Terclo today for the burial of the victims of the ex plosion in the coal mine last Friday Tbe bodies have not yet been recover ed but the officials of the company now claim that only einhb-en men were in the mine a' the time of the explosion. It is ooncended that none of theae will be found alive Weather-Tonight and Wednesday cloudy and threatening with showers According to tbe son's story his fsther came home drank and threaten ed to kill hie wife and son. The two latter rushed up stairs and looked themselves in a room. Carlson . sr., . broke down the door and was Immed iately shot. It is reported that Charles Sweeny, of Spokane, will erect a hotel in Port land to cost 11,000,000, - : . ; ' Mr and Mrs W H Bohnenkamp enter- ' tained a numb r of there friends last even ng at there home on Spring 8t The loial option and antl local op campaign in Umatilla county is being waged with interest. Both sides hava 1.- t . V. Pendleton Ib preparing to have a ' lecture coarse this winter. Attorney J H Lawrie of Pendleton ia very low with typhoid fever. -- J O Ardrey left this morning for Welser. L H Russell returned this morning to the Sanger mine. A Store With -A Record Large City PortltndNov. 1 Estimates based on the ratios Irom tbe school census, tbe registration cf eleotors and tbe death rate, exolusive of tbat of tbe directory, place tbe population of Portland and suburbs as between 140, 000 and 150,000. It is also exolusive of tbe suburbs wbioh lit directly out side of the city limits and contain a population of not lsas than 10,000, There is a district inoluding Wood took, Willsburg, Tremont, Arieta, Lents, Busaelville, Montavilla and Mount Tabor tbat contains at least 10 ,000 people and Is outside tue oity limits. In 1900 tbe number ot eleo tors registered in tbis oity was 16,409 Tbe ratio of 5 to 1 applied to tbe recant registration of 21,921 indicates a population within tbe oity limits ol approximately 130,000. Tbe school census and death rate and other sour est of calculation bring tbe total po pulation to between 140,000 and 160, 000. a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a u a m a a a a a a a a ' We have been doing busi ness in this town for 5- ears In that time the town has nearly doubled in population During the same time our business has increased FIVE FOLD. ' In other words our business has made a great deal more rapid increase than the town has. There are dozens of reasons for tnia all of which you will perceive if you begin buying; drug store goods of us. In the first place we had a thorough training for pharmacy. In tbe second place we bad ex ceptional opportunities for learning the practical side of pharmacy in a successful drug store of the highest stand ing. In the third place we have kept our eyes open end attended to business until we know the demands of the people of this town. A. T. Prescription Druggist HILL, La Grande, On s 9 9 Oregon Publications Oregon shows" op wellwlth other Heavy Team Harness Is our specialty. We know horn to make food har ness and we make good harness. Call and see tbe kind we recommend for logging. ROBES Tbe finest assortment of winter robes in the county. We carry everything which should be found in a first olass harness store E. CHRISTOFFERSON Harness and Saddles , j La Grande, Oregon